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Jun 01, 2017Onewhoissaved rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
"Westworld", 1973, was the creation of the marvelously talented Michael Crichton. The movie was way ahead of its time. The concept of vast arrays of computers controlling artificial creations is well within our modern concept of possibility. But 1973 was long before the PC. Watching real people interacting with computerized horses, women, snakes would have stretched people's imagination in 1973. As for the stars here, I was never impressed with James Brolin or Richard Benjamin. But Yul Brynner is the real star here. He looked very taught and mechanical in his movements. He dominated every scene he was in. I don't think we ever took our eyes off him whenever he was on screen. Yul always had a look of imperiousness. The Russian-born Brynner took over whoever and whatever was around him. No one was going to dominate Yul in any scene. His only drawback was being a short statured man. Sadly, Yul died at the age of 65 from lung cancer caused by cigarettes. Before his death, Brynner made a television commercial dedicated to the stupidity of smoking cigarettes.